Twenty-seven members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity face charges in the campus judicial system Wednesday after Dartmouth College officials said disturbing details of hazing incidents surfaced last January.

Dartmouth officials said a former fraternity member made public -- through the school newspaper -- hazing incidents that happened last fall.

The charges from the school aren't criminal, but officials said if the students are found guilty, they could be suspended or expelled.

Former SAE member, senior Andrew Lohse, wrote a column saying, "I was a member of a fraternity that asked pledges in order to become a brother -- to swim in a kiddie pool full of vomit -- chug cups of vinegar, which in one case caused a pledge to vomit blood."

SAE fraternity president Brendan Mahoney said the accusations were "exaggerated," and in some cases, "completely untrue" ? something those who know members of the fraternity agree with.

"I have good friends in this fraternity who would never have gone through this process and will claim it's completely exaggerated. I completely believe them," student Sebastian DeLuca said.

But other students said they do believe hazing is part of the Greek life at Dartmouth.

"I'm not surprised that hazing exists here. I think where there's a Greek organization, there's a chance ? actually, any organization, not just the Greek organizations," student Chase Mertz said.

Mahoney said he is working with the school to design a better pledge program and eliminate hazing.